Hat fastener



A 1950 o. H. OLSON ETAL 2,517,228

HAT FASTENER Filed April 5, 1947 Wuffw Patented Aug. 1, 1950 HATFASTENER Obert Henry Olson and Alice May Olson, Madison, Wis.

Application April 5, 1947, Serial No. 739,526

1 Claim.

This invention relates to hat fasteners to be used within the crown of ahat to secure the same on the head of the wearer.

An object of the invention is to provide a hat fastener which may beeasily installed in any hat without unsightly mounting reinforcementswhich cannot be later removed as desired and without defacing the hat.

Another object of the invention is to provide spring means which willpositively and effectively operate to secure the fastener when set intolocked position and when released from locked position.

Another object is to provide a hat fastener of improved and lessexpensive construction.

These and other objects and advantages of the invention will bedescribed more fully hereinafter in the following description of theinvention as illustrated in the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention to show the detailsthereof;

Fig. 2 is a view showing the device as mounted within the crown of ahat;

3 is a view showing the device in an engaged position;

Fig. 4 is a cross-section through the center line of the accessorybutton; and

5 is a detailed view of the spring clip.

The hat fastener comprises, in general, a 1ongitudina-l member or shaftI adapted to be mounted at one end within the crown of a hat and withthe opposite end extending through a small hole to the outside of thehat.

A series of curved teeth 2 extend from shaft I in close parallelalignment, and which are adapted to engage the hair of the wearer of thehat when adjusted, as will be described, and to thereby firmly securethe hat on the individuals head.

Shaft I and teeth 2 are preferably stamped integrally of a single pieceof fiat metal. The end of shaft I to be secured within the hat has asmall enlargement 3 formed therewith. The opposite end 4 of shaft I ispointed and is provided with one or more indentations or notches 5 nearthe pointed end to be engaged by an ornamentation, to be described.

The end of shaft I having enlargement 3 is mounted in a clip 6 which issuitably secured within the hat I by pinning or by stitches extendingthrough holes 8 spaced at either end of the clip.

The clip 6 preferably comprises a single rectangular piece or springmetal with the center portion out to provide a tongue 9. Flat shaft I ispassed beneath the tongue 9 of the spring and over the side stripsthereof, and is thereby held between the same, a substantially flatengagement with the shaft I lying in the plane of the clip.

Spring 9 thus operates to bias shaft I against rotation when either sideof shaft I is in flat engagement in the clip in either of two rotationalpositions.

The accessory button II] of ornamental plastic or other suitablematerial has a hole in one end to allow the button to be slipped overthe pointed end of shaft I projecting from the hat. Button Iii serves tosecure the shaft I and provides a knob whereby the stay may bemanipulated.

An annular groove II is out within and near the mouth of the hole inbutton II] and a spring I2 is fitted within the groove to engage theindentations 5 on shaft I to secure the knob on the shaft.

The fastener may be mounted in a hat in any position desired. Thefastener may be placed in the upper part of the crown with the teethdisposed to move downwardly to engage the hair or near the lower crownband with the teeth disposed to move upwardly to engage the hair.

The fastener or stay may be easily removed from the hat as desired byremoving the decorative button and withdrawing the main part of the stayfrom the hat, leaving the clip within the hat where it will not benoticed.

The position of the clip in the hat may be changed at will. For thispurpose the clip 6 may have the holes 8 therein providing for fasteningit in place by threads, or it may have a pin and pin fastener secured toits back side for pinning the clip in any suitable position in the hat.

The stay may be transferred from hat to hat and used in various ways.

The invention may have various embodiments within the scope of theaccompanying claim.

We claim:

In combination with a, hat, a hat stay for holding the hat on the headof a wearer, which comprises a longitudinally extending shaft sharpenedat one end for insertion through the crown from the inside to theoutside of the hat and. being generally flat-sided at the other endthereof, a series of curved comb teeth integrally formed with the bodyportion of the shaft and extending therefrom in close parallelarrangement into engagement with the hair of the hat wearer, a clipsecured inside said hat and providing at the center portion thereof anelongated member secured at one end to the clip but otherwise freelyspringing outwardly of the clip, and the flat por- REFERENCES CITED tionof the shaft extending transversely across The following references areof record i th the face of the clip between the body and central m ofthi atent: spring member with the clip supporting the shaft UNITEDSTATES PATENTS and biasing the teeth thereon into engagement 5 with thehair of the wearer and limiting the hat Number Name Date stay unit to alength substantially less than the 543470 Carpenter 2 g diameter of ,thecrownof the hat with which it 954,078 Daboul is employed 1,037,808Thornton Sept. 3, 1912 OBERT HENRY OLSON. ALICE MAY OLSON.

